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End of Life of Adobe Flash Player by 31st Dec 2020
- By Elite CIO
Jul 01, 2020
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End of Life of Adobe Flash Player by 31st Dec 2020
Adobe has announced that they will stop distributing and updating Flash Player from 31 December 2020 ("EOL Date"). As previously announced in 2017, Adobe will be ending support for Adobe Flash Player from 31st December 2020. After this date, Adobe not be issuing any updates or security patches for Flash Player.
In addition, they will be removing previous Flash Player versions from their website and Flash-based content will be blocked from running.
Neglecting to convert Flash to HTML5 will have implications for a number of industries. Education and e-learning will experience a significant technical debt from this decision. There are a number of issues facing online courses that will need to be mapped out and risk management plans put into place.
Recommendation
Developers and organizations whose websites use Flash Player are advised to migrate to alternative technologies before 31 December 2020.
Downloading Flash Player from third party websites should be avoided as these versions may contain malware.